Aquilegia canadensis (Wild Columbine)
grows 2 ft. tall
sun to shade
medium moisture
blooms red from Apr.-May
benefits bumblebees and hummingbirds
host plant
natural habitat: dry, rocky forests, woodlands, barrens, rock outcrops, mesic to dry-mesic forests, meadows and roadsides. Most abundant on calcareous substrates. Common in the mountains; frequent in the Piedmont.
moderately deer resistant
not resistant to black walnut toxicity
companion plants: Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox), Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger), Tiarella cordifolia (Creeping foam flower), Carex appalachica (Appalachian Sedge), Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Sedge)
grows 2 ft. tall
sun to shade
medium moisture
blooms red from Apr.-May
benefits bumblebees and hummingbirds
host plant
natural habitat: dry, rocky forests, woodlands, barrens, rock outcrops, mesic to dry-mesic forests, meadows and roadsides. Most abundant on calcareous substrates. Common in the mountains; frequent in the Piedmont.
moderately deer resistant
not resistant to black walnut toxicity
companion plants: Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox), Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger), Tiarella cordifolia (Creeping foam flower), Carex appalachica (Appalachian Sedge), Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Sedge)
grows 2 ft. tall
sun to shade
medium moisture
blooms red from Apr.-May
benefits bumblebees and hummingbirds
host plant
natural habitat: dry, rocky forests, woodlands, barrens, rock outcrops, mesic to dry-mesic forests, meadows and roadsides. Most abundant on calcareous substrates. Common in the mountains; frequent in the Piedmont.
moderately deer resistant
not resistant to black walnut toxicity
companion plants: Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox), Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger), Tiarella cordifolia (Creeping foam flower), Carex appalachica (Appalachian Sedge), Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Sedge)
